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Song of Solomon 8:8-14

RSV 8
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
NIV 8
We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
RSV 9
If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
NIV 9
If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
RSV 10
I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.
NIV 10
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
RSV 11
Solomon had a vineyard at Ba'al-ha'mon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
NIV 11
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.
RSV 12
My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
NIV 12
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
RSV 13
O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
NIV 13
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
RSV 14
Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices.
NIV 14
Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

New International Version

Song of Solomon 8:8-14

NIV 8
We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
NIV 9
If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
NIV 10
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
NIV 11
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.
NIV 12
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
NIV 13
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
NIV 14
Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.